Disability-Specific Resources
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing-related teaching resources:
- National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes
- Teach2Connect: Supporting Effective Teaching Experiences with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
- DeafTEC: Postsecondary Teaching Strategies for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students in STEM fields
- Learning Disabilities Association of America is a non-profit advocacy organization for persons with learning disabilities
- Characteristics and challenges faced by students with mental health conditions can be found through the National Institute for Mental Health.
- For insight into our veteran college students, visit the Brain Injury Association of America and read about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder at the National Institute of Mental Health
- For teaching strategies for students on the Autism Spectrum, the book Students with Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for College Personnel, by Lorraine E. Wolf, Jane Thierfeld Brown, and G. Ruth Kukiela Bork may be a helpful resource.
- Visit the Disability Resources Lending Library in Taylor Hall.
Resources on the Disability Rights Movement/History
The rich civil rights history of hard fought legislation continues today for persons with disabilities and their advocates. Inspired by the success of the Civil Rights Movement that resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that forbid racial discrimination, the Disability Rights Movement has influenced legislation that resulted in the American with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Only an hour away, in Buffalo, NY, the new Museum of disABILITY History houses a collection of physical exhibits as well as a virtual museum. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History has an online, interactive history of the Disability Rights Movement. Further website suggestions include the Disability Social History Project and the Disability History Museum.
Finally, the University of California Berkeley has compiled a website of history, resources and research on the history of the Disability Rights Movement. An exhibit at the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability in San Francisco has a comprehensive exhibit on the historic "Section 504 Sit-in" entitled Patient No More.